Tonight at a glance
- Length
- 1 season · 10 episodes
- Status
- Miniseries
- Age rating
- TV-MA
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- One season, and then it ends — a story with a last episode, not a habit.
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
This series examines the gruesome and horrific true crimes of Jeffrey Dahmer and the systemic failures that enabled one of America’s most notorious serial killers to continue his murderous spree in plain sight for over a decade.
- deaf-mute
- pedophilia
- court case
- necrophilia
- alcoholism
- based on true story
- murder
- serial killer
- miniseries
- racism
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Niecy Nash
- Brey Chanadet
- Nick Fisher
- Michael Beach
- Colby French
- Mac Brandt
- Shaun Brown
- Grant Harvey
- Penelope Ann Miller
- Kieran Tamondong
- Josh Braaten
- Directed
- Jennifer Lynch, Paris Barclay, Gregg Araki, Clement Virgo, Carl Franklin
- Created
- Ian Brennan, Ryan Murphy
Production
- Rating
- 8.0 / 10 · 2,905 ratings
- Network & studio
- Netflix, Ryan Murphy Television, Prospect Films
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